Change of street after a woman and a dog were killed while running
The City of Greenville has completed a “road diet” on Augusta Street in Greenville. This is part of the Augusta Street Road Safety Improvement Project. City leaders said the “road diet” had reduced Augusta Street from four lanes of traffic to three. The changes were made between Augusta Place and Crystal Avenue. Crews began work at 7 p.m. Sunday and finished around 6 a.m. Monday. Workers could be seen repainting the roadway to create a lane of traffic in each direction. “The road diet solution, implemented along the residential section of Augusta within the city limits, follows a month-long study of pedestrian, bicycle and traffic safety led by the city and two consulting firms specializing in urban planning and transportation engineering,” the city said in a press release. Crews also created a central turning lane, something that did not exist before.” I love it because in other words, a lot of these people are trying, what they call, to jump around somebody and get in front in the hallways, and now they can’t do that,” said Rosemary Sims, who works at FabriCare in Greenville. Sims said she’s seen a lot of accidents in the area. She said one of the reasons is because of the four lanes, which have now been reduced to three.” You see, when you’re driving down this road and you’ve got four lanes, traffic is like neck and neck – you can easily get a wreck,” Sims said. The changes come after Brittany Langley Lawson, 38, was killed while running with her dog along Augusta Street last summer. Officials said it happened around 7:15 a.m. near Westminster Church when a vehicle crossed the oncoming lanes and hit her and the dog, Deputy Master Coroner Kent Dill said at the time. was completed overnight and now they will review the data and see if this is a permanent fix and what needs to be done.
The City of Greenville has completed a “road diet” on Augusta Street in Greenville.
This is part of the Augusta Street Road Safety Improvement Project.
City leaders said the “road diet” had reduced Augusta Street from four lanes of traffic to three. The changes were made between Augusta Place and Crystal Avenue.
Crews began work at 7 p.m. Sunday and finished around 6 a.m. Monday. Workers could be seen repainting the roadway to create a lane of traffic in each direction.
“The road diet solution, implemented along the residential section of Augusta within the city limits, follows a month-long study of pedestrian, bicycle and traffic safety conducted by the city and two consulting firms specializing in urban planning and transport engineering,” the city said. said in a press release.
Crews also created a center turn lane, something that didn’t exist before.
“I love it because in other words, a lot of these people try, what they call, to jump around somebody and get in front in the hallways, and now they can’t do that. “said Rosemary Sims, who works at FabricCare in Greenville.
Sims said she’s seen a lot of accidents in the area. She said one of the reasons is because of the four lanes, which have now been reduced to three.
“You see, when you drive down this road and you have four lanes, traffic is like neck and neck – you can easily get a wreck,” Sims said.
The changes come after Brittany Langley Lawson, 38, was killed while running with her dog along Augusta Street last summer.
Officials said it happened around 7:15 a.m. near Westminster Church when a vehicle crossed the oncoming lanes and hit her and the dog, the official said at the time. Senior Deputy Coroner Kent Dill.
The City of Greenville said the “road diet” was completed overnight and they will now review the data and see if it is a permanent fix and what needs to be done.